tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526876347895013274.post781075890363640101..comments2024-01-03T10:12:12.141-05:00Comments on It Dawned On Me: Suicide prevention or detention? You tell me.Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05122596761219552361noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526876347895013274.post-70992597225457885082017-11-13T22:39:35.148-05:002017-11-13T22:39:35.148-05:00Thank you, Vicki! I agree...the cost of a mistake...Thank you, Vicki! I agree...the cost of a mistake is extremely high, and I would certainly have felt much worse if I found out something did happen to this patient. Your friend's son must be a little freaked, even though he did what he could to help that teen. We like to hear that something we did made something better for the patient, helped them hang on until better help is available. We don't like to hear that better help was unsuccessful. I hope that the better help was successful in my patient's case, at least.Dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05122596761219552361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526876347895013274.post-79909450761465635692017-11-11T22:10:00.814-05:002017-11-11T22:10:00.814-05:00Sounds like a really difficult situation. A month ...Sounds like a really difficult situation. A month ago, the son of a friend who is a local EMT took a teenager into the hospital who claimed she was not suicidal, same deal. They kept her three days and let her go, risk averted. Except she killed herself the next day. Taking this woman in seems to be the only choice, difficult as it is, because the alternative is not something you can walk back from. It's important to keep asking these questions. www.vweisfeld.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01535876534433744767noreply@blogger.com